Formby Nature Reserve

Glorious beach with dramatic sand dunes, surrounded by sweeping coastal pinewoods.

Ousel Nest Quarry

A disused quarry from the 19th Century now a Local Nature Reserve.

Doffcocker Lodge

Nob End SSSI

A tiny, post-industrial area now returned to nature and given a deserved SSSI status.

Leverhulme Park

The largest park in Bolton with open areas, grassland, play area and sports facilities.

Aspull Sough

The Haigh Sough was driven into the rock to reach mines on the local Kings and Cannel coal seams in 1657 by Sir Roger Brandshaigh to provide drainage. The sough was later extended eastward in the 19th Century.

Wigan Flashes Local Nature Reserve

The Wigan Flashes Local Nature Reserve is managed by a partnership between Wigan Council and The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside as part of a wider initiative called Greenheart.

Pennington Flash

A nature reserve in Wigan based around the lake of Pennington Flash and surrounding woodland.

Redisher Wood

A woodland nature reserve and hiking area along the Holcombe Brook.

Kersal Moor Local Nature Reserve

A local nature reserve on the historic site of the first Manchester Race Cours, the first game of the Manchester Golf Club and the great Chartist rallies of 1838-39.

Chorlton Water Park

Former gravel pits converted to a country park and nature reserve around a central pond.

Sale Water Park

Sale Water Park is a 62 hectare green-space which incorporates a large lake which was formed with the construction of the M60 motorway.

Broad Dole Ees

Chorlton Ees and Ivy Green LNR

Woolston Eyes

The Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve is situated to the east of Warrington between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal near Latchford Locks and the Thelwall Viaduct which carries the M6 Motorway over both the River and the Canal.

Tatton Park

Top Lodge

Top Lodge is a former mill pond and is now part of the Yarrow Valley Country Park nature conservation area.

Longworth Clough

A wooded valley along the Belmont or Eagley Brook that is designated as the Longworth Clough Nature Reserve.

Leighton Moss

Leighton Moss is based around the largest reed bed in northwest England.

Brockholes Nature Reserve

Ball Grove Park

A small park around the Mill Pond beside the site of the old Ball Grove Tannery.

Upper Ball Grove Lodge

The old mill lodge provides a home for many species of wild birds. The ever present mallards and black-headed gulis can be seen. And in winter transient species such as the beautiful and colourful goosanders and tufted ducks can be found.

Mere Sands Wood

Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve is a captivating natural oasis located in Lancashire, England.